Office Max honors teachers: Margie Yelenich

It was hard to tell who was more excited when Office Max staff (Olympia), recently surprised Mountain View teacher Margie Yelenich with over $1200 of school supplies - the teacher or her first grade students!? Yelenich, who has taught kindergarten for 27 years until this year, kept her cool as a huge box, office chair and a crowd entered her room Wednesday to honor her as "A Day Made better" recipient.

"She has the perfect blend of kind, caring, nurturing teacher coupled with just the right amount of structure and academic focus," said her Principal Randy Weeks. "She rarely asks for things herself with her focus so directed to the needs of her students."

Across town, the Hawks Prairie Office Max also surprised teachers Todd Ostling, Pam Blume and Lynn Creasey at Evergreen Forest Elementary. Office Max awarded a pizza party for each teacher's class and the teachers received gift certificates.